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Monteverdi Vespers at the London Oratory

The boys of the London Oratory Schola will perform Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 at the London Oratory on Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 7pm. With tenor soloists Peter Davoren and Mark Dobell, accompanied by the St Cecilia Players and His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, conducted by Charles Cole.

Tickets available HERE.

J.S. Bach’s B minor Mass at the London Oratory

J.S. Bach’s B minor Mass will be performed by the boys of the London Oratory Schola on Wednesday 11 May 2022 at 7pm at the London Oratory Church, SW7. Tickets priced £25 (£12 concessions) available on the door or in advance from www.londonoratoryschola.com

A Sequence for Tenebrae

On Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 7.30pm the boys of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School will sing A Sequence for Tenebrae at St James’s, Sussex Gardens, London W2 3UD. Music will include seasonal sacred music by Byrd, Tallis, Guerrero and Victoria. Tickets priced £15 (£10 concessions) will be available on the door as well as in advance from Eventbrite.

Sacred Treasures of Christmas

SACRED TREASURES OF CHRISTMAS is the third recording in the Sacred Treasures series sung by the boys of the London Oratory Schola directed by Charles Cole. Released on 30 Oct 2020 on Hyperion Records, the album comprises a sequence of music for Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas by some of the greatest composers of the renaissance. Tracks featured in the video are O magnum mysterium by Giovanni Gabrieli and Puer natus in Bethlehem by Samuel Scheidt. The album is available now from Hyperion, Amazon and iTunes. Watch the preview video below:

 

The 70th Anniversary of the Messe Solennelle by Jean Langlais

2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the Messe Solennelle by Jean Langlais (1907-1991) the French organist-composer who was Titulaire at Ste-Clotilde, Paris. The boys of the London Oratory Schola will be performing the Mass in a Concert at Holy Trinity, Sloane Square alongside works by Maurice Duruflé, Olivier Messiaen, Gabriel Fauré and Jehan Alain, all French composers. The concert takes place on Thursday 21 March 2019 at 7.30pm and is directed by Charles Cole and accompanied by Ben Bloor. Tickets are available here at £15 (£10 concessions). To visit the Schola’s website please click here.

 

Christmas Oratorio at the London Oratory

On Monday 17 December 2018 at 7pm the boys of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory will perform JS Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at Brompton Oratory. Sung in the original German, with Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelist), the performance will be accompanied by the St Cecilia Players and conducted by Charles Cole. Tickets priced £20 (£10 concessions) will be available on the door as well as in advance from the Oratory House (from 10 November) and are available online.

St John Passion at the London Oratory

The boys of the London Oratory Schola will perform J.S. Bach’s St John Passion at the London Oratory on Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 7pm. Accompanied by the St Cecilia Players, the performance will be sung in German. The roles of Christus and the Evangelist will be sung by Michael Craddock and Nicholas Mulroy, and the performance will be conducted by Charles Cole. Tickets priced £20 (£10 concessions) will be available on the door as well as in advance from the Oratory House (from February onwards) and by calling 020 7381 7684. Further information available here.

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London Oratory Schola Tour to the USA October 2017

Feature Video of The London Oratory Schola’s new CD

The London Oratory Schola has released a new CD with AimHigher Recordings/Sony Classical. Sacred Treasures of England is available from Amazon and iTunes and includes Tye’s Missa Euge Bone as well as Tudor motets by Byrd, Tallis, Parsons, Philips and Sheppard. A feature video of the boys singing one of the tracks from the album can be seen below, recorded in London’s Brompton Oratory.

 

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More information is available at the Schola’s website here and at AimHigher Recordings here. The Schola’s next concert takes place in London on 28 March 2017, see poster below for more details.

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The London Oratory Junior Choir Tour to Venice October 2016

The London Oratory Junior Choir will be touring Venice this coming October singing two Masses and a Concert. See the poster for details:

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